here in washington we see it every day. these millions of wasted dollars are dollars in many cases that we can't get back. dollars we need to sustain these programs like social security, which is headed for bankruptcy anyway. so this, to me, is a pile of evidence for why the federal government has gotten too big to successfully manage these millions and millions, even billions of dollars in subsidies. >> peter: let's talk about these farm subsidies. farm crop insurance. how can dead people possibly be getting checks? i mean, long after they passed away. >> right. in many cases these different departments have a death list, a death master list that they try to keep up with, reports of dead people. but, in many cases, months and even years afterwards. sometimes misused in family members. some cases the family men's doing due diligence to get in touch with uncle sam here in d.c. to let them know there has been a death in the family. despite a death report on file. the checks continue to go out in the mail. >> peter: when they